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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 65-81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the expression "in a pickle" mean (32)?
(a) In a sour mood.
(b) In a tricky situation.
(c) Unable to make a move.
(d) Unable to understand.

2. What did Kinuyo give her son when he left for Kyoto?
(a) A letter.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) Money.

3. What language does Miki use a few words from when she comes into the café?
(a) French.
(b) Swahili.
(c) Gaelic.
(d) Italian.

4. What is an "onomatopoeic expression" (47)?
(a) One that conveys a comparison indirectly.
(b) One that conveys emphasis by understating a feeling.
(c) One that imitates a feeling generated by the thing it names.
(d) One that imitates the sound of the thing it names.

5. What is the title of the book that the woman in the white dress used to read?
(a) Samoa.
(b) The Cherry Blossoms.
(c) Mother and Son.
(d) Lovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Shuichi and his wife killed?

2. Which is the best description of Kazu's reaction when she realizes that Yukio has left the café?

3. What similarity is there between Kazu's approach to art and her approach to customers at the café?

4. Besides the obvious age differences, what is the only thing that has changed in the café when Gohtero returns to the past?

5. Why does Nagare ask Gohtaro if something is wrong with his coffee?

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